Murray granddad serves up lifeline for Stirling Albion

By Michael MacLeod

TENNIS ace Andy Murray wants to save his granddad’s old football team from extinction.

Ahead of his opening Wimbledon match today (Tuesday) the hotly-tipped Scot pledged his support to a supporter-led takeover of Stirling Albion.

Despite being Hibernian fans, Andy and his older brother Jamie signed up to the “Buy Stirling Albion” campaign to save the team from obscurity.

Their grandfather Roy Erskine played for the Binos in the 1950s and 60s.

But now 134 years of footballing history hangs in the balance unless someone stumps up £800,000. The club has been for sale for three years without anyone showing any interest.

Stirling Albion fans’ cup final plea

By Paul Thornton

A GROUP of fans hoping to buy their club and save it from financial ruin are appealing to cup final fans to help them raise the £140,000 they need.

Fans of Stirling Albion FC have said they have the backing of all four groups of supporters involved in the Scottish and English cup finals, which are held tomorrow (Saturday).

The BuyStirlingAlbion.org.uk campaign want to buy the club which is facing administration and say that if every fan who attends the finals donates £1 they will be able to push ahead with their plans.

Stirling Albion fans try and buy club

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE

SUPPORTERS of a small Scottish football club are urging sports fans from across the world to help them buy their club.

The Stirling Albion Supporter’s Trust hope to become the first British football club to be wholly-owned by the fans

The Bino’s have been up for sale for several years and with spiraling costs and no sign of any immediate investment are at risk of going out of business.

The specific amount needed to buy the club is still to be determined, but the club’s supporter’s trust are hoping to entice around 20,000 football fans from across the world to get involved.

The campaign to buy the Scottish second division football club was officially announced at a press conference yesterday.